The perpetuation of whitewashing in Hollywood not only severely curtails opportunities for people of color in the industry, but also hinders the possibility of people of color seeing themselves represented on film.

Here are some of the many cases of whitewashing in the entertainment industry.

The 2017 Netflix series „Death Note“ was considered a whitewashing disaster.

Originally, „Death Note“ was a manga turn anime series that Netflix decided to make into a live action adaptation. But instead of casting a Japanese actor to play the Japanese main character, the streaming service cast Nat Wolff, a non-Japanese actor, in the role. In fact, the Netflix adaptation included a majority white cast — and was almost immediately called out for it.

Tilda Swinton’s character in Marvel’s 2016 version of „Doctor Strange“ is not white.